Jeremiah 11:15

Good News Translation

The Lord says, “The people I love are doing evil things. What right do they have to be in my Temple? Do they think they can prevent disaster by making promises and by offering animal sacrifices? Will they then rejoice?

Cross References

Psalm 50:16

But God says to the wicked, “Why should you recite my commandments? Why should you talk about my covenant?

Psalm 60:5

Save us by your might; answer our prayer, so that the people you love may be rescued.

Proverbs 10:23

It is foolish to enjoy doing wrong. Intelligent people take pleasure in wisdom.

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord is pleased when good people pray, but hates the sacrifices that the wicked bring him.

Proverbs 2:14

those who find pleasure in doing wrong and who enjoy senseless evil,

Proverbs 21:27

The Lord hates it when wicked people offer him sacrifices, especially if they do it from evil motives.

Proverbs 26:18

Someone who tricks someone else and then claims that he was only joking is like a crazy person playing with a deadly weapon.

Proverbs 28:9

If you do not obey the law, God will find your prayers too hateful to hear.

Isaiah 50:1

The Lord says, “Do you think I sent my people away like a man who divorces his wife? Where, then, are the papers of divorce? Do you think I sold you into captivity like a man who sells his children as slaves? No, you went away captive because of your sins; you were sent away because of your crimes.

Jeremiah 12:7

The Lord says, “I have abandoned Israel; I have rejected my chosen nation. I have given the people I love into the power of their enemies.

Jeremiah 13:27

He has seen you do the things he hates. He has seen you go after pagan gods on the hills and in the fields, like a man lusting after his neighbor's wife or like a stallion after a mare. People of Jerusalem, you are doomed! When will you ever be pure?

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel were standing here pleading with me, I would not show these people any mercy. Make them go away; make them get out of my sight.

Jeremiah 2:2

to proclaim this message to everyone in Jerusalem. “I remember how faithful you were when you were young, how you loved me when we were first married; you followed me through the desert, through a land that had not been planted.

Jeremiah 23:11

The Lord says, “The prophets and the priests are godless; I have caught them doing evil in the Temple itself.

Jeremiah 3:14

“Unfaithful people, come back; you belong to me. I will take one of you from each town and two from each clan, and I will bring you back to Mount Zion.

Jeremiah 3:8

Judah also saw that I divorced Israel and sent her away because she had turned from me and had become a prostitute. But Judah, Israel's unfaithful sister, was not afraid. She too became a prostitute

Hosea 3:1

The Lord said to me, “Go again and show your love for a woman who is committing adultery with a lover. You must love her just as I still love the people of Israel, even though they turn to other gods and like to take offerings of raisins to idols.”

Matthew 22:11

“The king went in to look at the guests and saw a man who was not wearing wedding clothes.

Luke 8:28

When he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry, threw himself down at his feet, and shouted, “Jesus, Son of the Most High God! What do you want with me? I beg you, don't punish me!”

Romans 11:28

Because they reject the Good News, the Jews are God's enemies for the sake of you Gentiles. But because of God's choice, they are his friends because of their ancestors.

1 Corinthians 13:6

love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth.

Titus 1:15

Everything is pure to those who are themselves pure; but nothing is pure to those who are defiled and unbelieving, for their minds and consciences have been defiled.

James 4:16

But now you are proud, and you boast; all such boasting is wrong.